8-car crash cleared on Merritt Parkway

Updated 8:24 am, Friday, November 9, 2012

Police, firefighters and state Department of Transportation workers have cleared up an eight-car crash on the Merritt Parkway in north Greenwich Friday morning.

The crash occurred in the northbound lanes just past Exit 31 at North Street, a fire dispatcher said. No injuries were reported in the crash.

Ice along a left hand turn just past North Street was cited as the cause of the 6:40 a.m. crash, the dispatcher said.

DOT sanders were put on the road as the cars were being cleared off. The roadway was reopened at 8:12 a.m., the dispatcher said.

A multiple-vehicle crash on the Merritt Parkway in Greenwich is backing up traffic on the northbound side.

The crash, reportedly involving as many as seven cars and trucks, is near Exit 31. State Police said portions of the the parkway are closed at that exit, and that icy conditions appear to have been the cause of the chain collision.